Junior busy in Nevada
Having ended a two-and-a-half-year venture arrangement Kennecott Exploration, junior Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) is raising $300,000 to continue exploring for gold in Nevada.The non-brokered private p…
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Juniors target ‘Sullivan’ projects
The search for the next Sullivan mine in British Columbia’s Purcell Basin has been frustrating and fruitless for most juniors, but three companies headed by Richard Hughes intend to give it another sh…
Partners have high hopes for Hope Bay gold project
The Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut represents one of the premier exploration projects in all of North America.Partners Miramar Mining (MAE-T) and Hope Bay Gold (HGC-T) control an entire 80-km-long g…
Philippines eyes exploration revival
Vancouver — The discovery of an exciting new gold-rich copper porphyry system, combined with the expansion of several known deposits, is attracting attention to the Philippines.Situated in the Ring o…
Teck drops option on Cerro Samenta
Following a 4-hole drilling program on the Cerro Samenta property in northwestern Argentina, Teck (TEK-T) has handed the property back to Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V).Teck tested a newly discovered zone…
Virginia eyes Bathurst target
Having discovered four base metal showings in the James Bay region of Quebec, junior Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-M) is gearing up for a program of geophysics and trenching.Channel and grab samples yielde…
Int’l Wayside, Gitennes among BC juniors exploring new finds
Several promising grassroots discoveries, many of them made by prospectors, highlighted the 2000 exploration season in British Columbia and could provide a much-needed boost for exploration in the wes…
Apex creates subsidiary Golden Temple
Denver — Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) will bundle its various exploration properties into a new subsidiary, to be known as SilEx. The move will enable the company to focus its attention on developing th…
Ivanhoe explores South Korea, Myanmar and Mongolia
Standing pat in a region shunned by most is paying off for Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T).In 1994, when overseas ventures were still fashionable, Ivanhoe (then known as Indochina Goldfields) began amassing an …
California energy crunch renders coal more attractive
Dare we say it? Coal making a comeback? Even the stature of gold hasn’t fallen as low as this once-mighty commodity, whose role in the development of modern industrial society remains virtually unchal…
Higher prices, lower costs turn oil sands into gravy train
For companies developing Alberta’s oil sands, the numbers just keep getting better: cash costs are down 50% from a decade ago; oil prices have doubled in the past two years; and demand for new sources…
News – 12-MAR-01 (March 12, 2001)
Regional Infrastructure Working Group, Athabasca Oil